Track structure for dreight-car doors.



, R. W. BURNETT,

' TRACK STRUCTURE FOR F'RE IGHT CAR D0 0RS.-

APPLICATION man ,Fimzemsls.

' Patented 00t.19,1915.

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R. w. BURNETT. TRACK STRUCTURE FOR FREIGHT'CAR oooas.

' APPLICATION men m. 23. 1915. P 1,156,884; 7 a Patented Oct-19,1910.

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I Hurrah srarns meme er s on RICHARD WEBB BURNETT, 0E MONTREAL, CANADA, ASSIG-N'QR TO CAMEL COMPANY,

or CHICAGO, rLLIuoIs,

A CORPORATION OF MAIlfTE.

TRACK STRUCTURE FOR FREIGHT-CAR DOQRS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patent d Oct. is, 915.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, RICHARD WEBB Bun- NETT, a citizen of. the United States, residing at Montreahih the Dominiono'f Canada,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Track Structure for Freight- Car Doors, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates in general to freight cars, and more particularly to means for supporting the doors and for closing the space between the upper edges of the doors and the overlying support. I

In freight" cars of the construction hav- .ing sides composed of metal beams forming trusses outside of the wooden sheathing, it is necessary that the path of movement of the sliding doors should be spaced outwardly from the wooden sides a distance equal to the thickness of the metalbeams in order that the doors may slide out of the plane of the trussed beams. This arrangement requires that the track from which the door is suspended should project outwardly from the car sides a considerable side above the forms the upper chord of the truss side distance, and owing to the consequent e posed position of the top of the door 1t IS I necessary thatathoroughly Weather and dust proof joint should be provided between the upper edge of the door and the car side.

Considerable difiiculty is experienced in providing tracks for supporting the sliding side doors of cars of the construction above referred to, which will prevent "the ingress of water between the top of the door-and overlying beam forming the upper chord of a trussed carv side.- The weight" of the door is such as to subject the track to strains which tend to separate it from the supporting flange of the longitudinal beam to which the track, is secured and to thereby permit ingress of water.

My invention has for its object to provide.

a track structure for supporting and guiding the doors of a freight car of the type above referred to, port andproperly guide the door in its opening and closing movements, and which will afford a. weather-proof closure for the space at thetop of the door opening intermediate'of the inner surface. ofthe car door and the outer surface of'the car side.

A. further-object of my invention is to provide means for supporting and guiding which will securely, supillustrated as faces of the metal a sliding freight car door, and for forming a Weather-proof joint between the door when closed and the" doorv opening, which will be simple in construction, inexpensive to build, durable in use, and efficient in operation. J

My inventionwill be'more fully disclosed hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which the same is ientand practical .forms,.and in which;

Figure .1 1s a side'elevational view of a portion. of a ,car side provided with my invention; Fig. 2 is anenlarged sectional View on line of Fig. 1-; Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view on line of Fig. 1; Fig.

l 4 is aview similar to Fig. 2 showing a'modified form of my nvention; and F g. 5 .is a

embodied in, several conven view similar to- Fig. 2 showing still another modification. 1 y I Similar reference characters are used to designate similar parts in the several fi gures of the drawingsa Reference character A. designates a 2 beam which extendsalong thetop of the car door opening therein, and

nected at their upper ends tothe Z-beam A,

designate the upper ends of and at their lowerends to the metal beam Qdextending along the bottom of the car s1 e. a

D indicates the wooden sheathing of the car side which is secured to the inner surbeams forming the truss of the car side.

E- designates a vertical angle beam secured at its ends to the beams A and C and forming a stop for the car door'F when it 's closed. Secured to the jecting flange of-the angle beam E is an angle beam 6, one flange of whichserves to overlap the front edge of thedoor ,when it is closed.

G and G designate gusset plates for securing the upper ends of the diagonal beams B and B to the Zf-beam A..-

H designates a portion-0f the car roof which is supported at. its side upon the inf outwardly prowardly pro ecting'horizontal'flange' A of the Z-beam A. h designates a weather strip secured to the side edge of the car roof and depending over the outer surface of the vertical web of the beam A; l a

The car construction above described does not in itself constitute my invention, as it is a type of freight car now well known to the art. It is, however, illustrated and described, inasmuch as my invention relates to providing such type of car with efficient door supporting an guiding mechanism.

K designates a horizontal plate overlying and secured tothe outwardly projecting horizontal' flange of the Z-beam A. The plate A extends across the top of the door openingand-to one side thereof a suflic ent distance to supporFthe door in openv pos tionI The late K is secured to the lower horizontal ange of thebeam A by any suitable fastenin devices such as rivets]. The viriperedge o the plate K is bent upwardly,

as indicated atk so as to form a flange overlyin the lowerportion of the outer-surface of t e vertical web of the Z-bcaIIi-A. The

upwardlyturned flange k ofplate'K under lies the weather strip h of the roof, and

serves to ca'tch any water which may flow toward thejinner edge of the plate K, and prevent the same from passing between such plate and the underlying flange of the beam A and thence through the door opening into 1 the car. The up-turned flange In serves to direct an water falling upon the upper surface 0 the late K away from the inner edge of such p ate. In order to further prevent the passage of water between the upcurved flange. is of the plate K and wardlly the. a )acent surface of the beam A, suitable packing material such as red lead or tar,

paperas inserted between such flange and the adjacent portion of the beam A.-

Secured longitudinally along the under surface of .the plate K intermediate ofits outer edge and the outer edge ofthe underlying flange of the beam A, is an angle strlp M, one flange of which depends over the top of the door opening. Suitabledoor hangers N are secured to the top door adjacent its front and rear edges, and engage,

the plate K. The door hangers are preferably provided with-upper rollers 0 whichoverlie and rest upon the plate K adjacent its outer edge, and lower rollers 0 which underlie the p ate K, and are adapted to engage the under surface thereof in theopening and closing movements of the door.

designates a Z-beam extending along the top ofthe door F and secured thereto by bolts .p, assing throu h the downwardly extend The upwardly projecting as .clearl shown in Fig. 2.

The

mg flange o "the beam P l which overlaps theouter surface at the top .oiii rsthe' door. flarl'ge p of the Z-beam P extends behindthe depending flange 'ofthe angle bar-M,

-b eam P along the top of the door preferably extends slightly beyond the front and. rear edges of the door,-as shown inliigl 1, so as to terminate beyond the door opening.

dicated at 7). and 71 so as to prevent any water flowing around the ends ol the Z- be am and hence protecting the 'door open- The ends of the horizontal web. ,of the -Z-beam I arp bent upwardly, as ll]- ing adjacent the front and rear edges of the door from the ingress of such water.

- In Fig. A I have illustrated a modified form of my invention in which the plate "-which is engaged by the door hangers is provided with. an upwardly 'extcnding 'mrtion overlying and secured to the outer surface of the vertical web ofthe bcain'A. In

this figure of the drawing K indicates such plate and is the upwardly projecting por-,

tion which overlies and is riveted to the provided with an upwardly extending portion k which laps and is riveted to the inner surface of the vertical web of. the beam A.

lower flange of the beam and'is riveted thereto. The inner edge of the plate" K. is

Fromlthe foregoing description it' will. be

observed that I. have invented an improved" door supportin structure for freight cars ofthe single sheath type, which will. ellectrvcly prevent the leakage/of water around the track supporting structure into the door opening. 1

I \Vhat I claim is: a

-1. In afreig'ht car, the combination with the sidethcrcof having a door opening, of a track beam sccurcdto thecar side above the door opening and having a flange dependmg from the-under surface thereof, a. door controlling the door opening, hangers secured to the top of the door in slidingen: gagoment with said track beam, an angle beam secured to thetop of the door havin a verticalllangc extending behind the de pending. flange of the track beam, and a horizontal flange overlying the'top of the door, the ends of the horizontal flange of and angle beam being turnedupwardly'to prevent water from flowing-from the upper surface of said angle be m around the front and rear edges of the door. i

2. In a freight car,'the combination with the'sil'le-thereof having a door opening, of a track beam secured to the car side above the door opening and havinga flange depending from tho Hhflf'l' sin-fave: H m-col, :1 door controlling (.hv door ,opuninq. lmngvrs 5w cum-r] to the top of Hm door in sliding; (angngmm-nt, with twirl trunk imam, :1 Z-lmnm SGCIHX'ii to tln- Lop of Unit door and I)I'(Jj(('.t ing beyond the front. and i'mn' l-xlgvs tin-roof, and having :1 vi-i'ii(::|| ilzmgu (nflmnling: Imhim! said ilo memiing Hung. oil tiny (rm-k imam, the horizontal m of Htili 241mm 10 overlying Um Log of the door and having its ("his turned upwardly to prevent water from flowing from said beam: down the front and mu edges-of the door opening.

in testimony whereof, I lmve subscribed my name.

KIUIIA RI) \VIIHI) BURNETT. W itnusscs V l. M. ELLHym W. W. Dmmow. 

